Brad Arthur is well known as a Defensive coach, which our team is getting recognition for. But is he basing our premiership credentials on D alone literally abandoning attack training. We are playing a style of footy that perhaps requires our players to concentrate more on D. Its becoming obvious to many experts within the media and ex players that Parramatta are becoming more focused on D , thinking thats the way to wear the opposition down and score more points. Brad Arthur has explained as much during his post match interviews , his not worried with our attack believing our D will lead the way to holding up the premiership trophy in the next 2 months.
So whats peoples thoughts on us abandoning the true and tried method of most teams practising their attack during training, so that on game day their timing, their partnerships their plays are well rehearsed and everyone knows their part and replacing this method with one that practises D relentlessly beleiving that to be the answer to scoring more tries.
Oh yeah of course D stands for Delusion...................
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BA is delusional thinking that attack will take care of itself. Thats dead set U/9's shit. The best in the comp actually practise attack and attacking skills and attacking mindsets. What the hell is going on at Eels training. I just hope someone in power at the club break out of this delusion and get some damn attacking qualities brought back into the coaching ranks. Sooner rather then later.
Well said Mick. I, like most also have no confidence in our attack or that BA will be able to get us out of this attacking slump in 2020. Even at full strength with R Mahoney and D Brown back, we won't threaten Penrith, Roosters, Melbourne, Canberra or the Bunnies.
Our only hope is that the team builds some confidence against some lesser sides (broncos, tigers) in the last 2 rounds and we take that into the finals. We'd need huge wins in both games though and even still a repeat of 2019 might occur (when Parra flogged the Broncos then got flogged by Melbourne).
The silver lining to the loss last night might mean that we play the Panthers again in week one of the finals rather than Melbourne who would be massive favourites to put a number on us. Against Penrith it would be more of a local derby with both teams having 1 win each against each other in 2020 and could be the day game on Sunday.
Does everyone think we can actually fix our attack before the finals and be a chance or we are actually dead set pretenders. I am not going to talk about this game because the possession statistics but there is no secret that our attack has been poor for the past 2 months. Do you guys think this can be easily fixed by Moses running the ball etc. I think it can be. Cause eels don't have to learn something new, rather redo what they did at the start of the year.
Blue Eel : It is Than not Then. If you can`t get that right what is the rest of your revelation worth?"Brad Arthur is well known as a Defensive coach"? You must be being provocative! 38 to nil two weeks ago against Souths--good defense? Last year 60 odd points l against the Storm in Brisbane. Then in a semifinal, 30 odd points to nil against the Storm again. Just about every year of his seven years coaching the Eels he has had a large score of 40 to 50 points against him. Defense he is not.
Wow out of all that , and your take away is one of an alphabetic letter in the wrong place. You did read the whole lot didnt you and you understand that at the bottom of the post i wrote ,that D stands for delusion, and that i was actually having a go at BA,s philosophy. I didnt say he was the best in my opinion , i only reiterated what so called prominant footy people have stated to then mock it.Perhaps re read my post and insert the word delusion where ever you see the letter D. And by the way look up the word Satire. And if you still dont get it ---- D did not stand for defense in my post it stood for delusion.
If you think that by me Asking what peoples thoughts are On BA literally abandoning attack focused training and mocking our defense only strategy as "my revelation " then seriously go $#@& yourself. Oh and if there is a mispelt letter or incorrect word used in this reply, bad luck get over it.
Defence does NOT win games if you cannot score more points than your opposition.
Defence wins games is a myth - and we are now mything out on the top 4 the way we are going.
BINGO and this rubbish we have been seeing proves it! Ome word....BALANCE and we have none of it!
Settle Petal - I got hammered for saying that a few weeks back.
Evidently balance is a dirty word at 1EE.
Yep and apparently in camp too!